Steven Allan Spielberg (/ˈspiːlbɜːrɡ/ SPEEL-burg) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in film history. ... Several of Spielberg's works are considered among the greatest films in history, and some are among the highest-grossing films ever. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to California and studied film in college. After directing several episodes for television, including Night Gallery and Columbo, he directed the film Duel (1971), which Barry Diller approved. He made his theatrical debut with The Sugarland Express (1974) and became a household name with the summer blockbuster Jaws (1975). He directed more escapist box office successes with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and the original Indiana Jones trilogy (1981–1989). He explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). In 1993, Spielberg directed the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing film ever, and the epic historical drama Schindler's List, which has often been listed as one of the greatest films ever made. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the latter and the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). Spielberg has since directed the science fiction films A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002), War of the Worlds (2005) and Ready Player One (2018); the historical dramas Amistad (1997), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017); the comedies Catch Me if You Can (2002), and The Terminal (2004); the animated film The Adventures of Tintin (2011); the musical West Side Story (2021); and the family drama The Fabelmans (2022). Spielberg co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks and has produced many successful films and television series, including Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Band of Brothers (2001). He has also collaborated extensively with the composer John Williams, with whom he has worked on all but five of his feature films. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and two BAFTA Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, the Knight Commander of the British Empire in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In 2013, Time listed him as one of the 100 most influential people, and in 2023, Spielberg was the recipient of the first-ever 100 Impact Award in the US. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Spielberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Organization | Category | Movie | |
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| Academy Awards | Best Director | Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Schindler's List | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Empire of the Sun | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best International Feature | Schindler's List | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Jaws | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Schindler's List | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Munich | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | War Horse | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Saving Private Ryan | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Munich | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Director | Saving Private Ryan | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | Duel | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Director | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Jaws | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Schindler's List | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | War Horse | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Director | My Life as Abraham Lincoln | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | West Side Story | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | The Fabelmans | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | The Fabelmans | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Something's Coming: West Side Story | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | The Fabelmans | Nominated |
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